On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 06:46:17AM -0600, John Thornton wrote:
>
> John the top poster
Don't let 'em niggle ya, John. :-)
On high traffic lists it can confuse, because there are so many threads
to mentally resync with. (See the sig ;-)
But here it's quite manageable, I find, since top posts usually include
enough context to make it unnecessary to find and read the trailing
quoted text, then shuffle back up to have a second go at the top post.
Anyway, there are too many good ideas, and too much goodwill, on
Emc-users, for any of that to be worth worrying about, I reckon.
Erik
(Who would put together a few lines of awk, to convert top posts into
bottom posts on receipt, if his brain grew too old to keep up.)
P.S. I'll top post in personal emails to non-technical recipients, if
not replying in-line, but not on a mail list, because of my
respect for the reader. (Who may be on half a dozen lists,
receiving hundreds of posts per day.)
--
A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of the discussion.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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